Ahmad Khan Rahami, a naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Afghanistan, was arrested by police in Linden, New Jersey, a law enforcement official told NBC New York and the New York Times.
According to NBC, he was apprehended following a shootout with law enforcement.
Rahami is wanted in connection with a bombing in Chelsea, Manhattan, on Saturday night that injured 29 people—along with several devices found planted around New Jersey and New York City. An explosive device went off in a town along the Jersey Shore earlier on Saturday. Police also found pipe bombs near a train station in Elizabeth overnight on Monday, which were detonated.
On Monday, the FBI and the New York City Police Department released a photo of Rahami, whose last known address was in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Officials sent out an alert to smartphones at around 8 a.m. local time, describing him as “armed and dangerous.”
